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On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:10:35PM +0100, tom brough wrote: > > Thanks Simon, I had realised that it was a "how long is a piece of > string?" type question. Apologies because I forgot to frame it in the > context of costs of those unused functions. From your above analysis it > would seem that ls is 50% redundant (from your vast experience) however > the point is that if you paid next to nothing to use your ls command > (which I assume is correct) 50% of nothing = nothing ... however with > proprietary software 50% of significant cost = 50% of significant cost. > > Thanks as always for your no nonsense reply.... > > I am really hoping to find some "white paper" that explores the value of > software especially in the context of Enterprise Licensing Agreements. I > believe that there is a strong case to argue that such licenses actually > hide a multitude of "sins" in terms of unused functionality bundled in > as a "sweetener" that is never used in the license's lifespan. However, > (like you pointed out) I really need some proof not anecdotes. > If most people use only 20% of the function of a program, but each person or group of person use a different 20%; then you may not find a definitive white paper. An argument for opensource is that you can tailor the system to particular users, ie use less system resources that may enable you to use older hardware for longer. -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Thu Jun 24 06:20:48 BST 2010
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